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Updated Sep 12, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Aug 2010 (took 2 weeks)

Had a phone interview because I was going to do a study abroad internship for a short period during the summer. Great communication skills asked me questions about my team work.

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Please describe how you overcame an issue on a team related issue?

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2008 (took a day)

The interview didn't focus on the boring algorithm/coding problems. We spent most time discussing the open problems related to the group's work. It's more flexible and it's not possible to prepare. I like this format though. I was feeling relaxed and it was like chatting.

Interview Questions

What is the largest possible number of internal nodes in a red-black
tree with black-height k? What is the smallest possible number?

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Apr 2007 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 2 days)

Yahoo took a long time to give a decision after the interview. I got one phone interview and one on-campus interview. The phone interview lasted about 20 minutes and was asked coding questions. The on-site interview consisted of both personality questions and coding questions. The HR rep who organized the interview was very prompt in all requests and setting things up. However, I got the official offer about a month after my second interview. Basically, the manager didn't finalize on his end after the interview. I usually push for decisions by the end of the week, but Yahoo chose to drag it out to the very end. However, in the end, it all worked out.

Interview Questions

Write a function given x, the function returns the xth number in the Fibonacci sequence.

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.